Articles Online:

Alex, Rayson K. “Carrying Cinema! Are we?” Sizzling Sands 2015: Annual Magazine of BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus. 32-35. <http://www.scribd.com/doc/254748068/Sizzling-Sands-2014>.

Alex, Rayson K. and S. Susan Deborah. “The excitement for us is the organization in its bigger picture – all the intricate interrelationships that sustain it: An Interview with Mark Deeble.” Vol. 1. No. 10. OSLE-India Newsletter. <www.osle-india.org/news.html>.

Alex, Rayson K. and S. Susan Deborah. “Discussing ‘Nature’ as a Construction”: An Interview with Dr.CA Cranston. Vol.1. No.9. OSLE-India Newsletter. <www.osle-india.org/news.html>.

Alex, Rayson K. and S. Rajasekar. “A journey along the banks of River Nila.” March 2009 <http://www.wiki.indianfolklore.org/index.php>.

Alex, Rayson K. “A Journey to learn Chhau at Seraikella, Jharkand.” January 2009 <http://www.wiki.indianfolklore.org/index.php>.

Alex, Rayson K. “Report of Field visit to Jenukurubar Settlements.” January 2009 <http://www.wiki.indianfolklore.org/index.php>.

Alex, Rayson K. “Field Report on Narikuravar.” November 2008 <http://www.wiki.indianfolklore.org/index.php>.

Alex, Rayson K. “Ecocriticism – A Model for the Interdisciplinary Humanities: An Interview with Dr. Mark C. Long.” Vol. 1. No.8. OSLE-India Newsletter. <www.osle-india.org/news.html>.

Alex, Rayson K. “An Interview with Dr. S. Shankar.” Vol. 1. No.7. OSLE-India Newsletter. <www.osle-india.org/news.html>.

Alex, Rayson K. “A Report of the First International Conference of OSLE-India.” OSLE-India Newsletter. Vol. 1. No.4. January 2007 <www.osle-india.org/news.html>.

Alex, Rayson K. “L’ AMBIENCE.” OSLE-India Newsletter. Vol. 1. No.4. January 2007 <www.osle-india.org/news.html>.

Alex, Rayson K. “A Report of the Second International Conference of OSLE-India.” OSLE-India Newsletter. Vol. 1. No.5. January 2007 <www.osle-india.org/news.html>.

Alex, Rayson K. “Tribes of Kerala – Identity Crisis.” Journalism Online. September 2007 <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/journalismonline/message/91>.

Alex, Rayson K. “Experience Beyond Words.” OSLE-India Newsletter. Vol. 1. No.6. November 2007 <www.osle-india.org/news.html>.

Awards Received / Positions held / Achievements made:

2019                            Faculty Coordinator of the Website of The Department of Humanities

and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus

2016 to 2017               Faculty Coordinator of the Film Club, BITS Pilani,

K.K. Birla Goa Campus

2016 to present           Faculty Coordinator of the Environment Protection and Awareness

Club, BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus

2016 to present           Nucleus Member of the Community Welfare Department, BITS Pilani,

K.K. Birla Goa Campus

2017 to present           Nucleus Member of the Media and Publication Department, BITS

Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus

2017 to present           Member of the Editorial Board of BITScan, a semester magazine

published by BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus

2016 to present           Member of the Exhibition Committee of Convocation at BITS Pilani,

K. K. Birla Goa Campus

2017 (June to July)      Awarded University Immersion Grant to visit University of Los

Angeles, California, from Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani. Under the guidance of Prof. Ursula K. Heise, a project entitled “Ecolocalism in the Cultural Imaginations of Natural Entities: An Indian Indigenous Approach” was conceptualized during the visit.

2016                            Instructor at Practice School (a unique feature of BITS Pilani in

providing industrial experience to students) at two stations namely, FACT, Aluva, Kochi and Helpage India, Kerala, Kochi.

2016                            Organized tiNai Ecofilm Festival (Edition 3) at Dr. K.N. Modi

University, Newai, Jaipur, Rajasthan on 17, 18 March 2016

2015                            Organized tiNai Ecofilm Festival (Edition 2) at Birla Institute of

Technology and Science Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa on 08, 09, 10 October (www.teff.in)

2015                            Nomination Jury Member of CMS Vatavaran 2015, New Delhi. CMS

Vatavaran is the premier International Environment and Wildlife Film Festival in India.

2015                            Organized tiNai Ecofilm Festival at Carmel College, Mala, Thrissur,

Kerala, on 06 and 07 March. (Ms. Pretty John and Ms. Mary John were the coordinators)

2015                                                                Organized tiNai Ecofilm Festival at Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, on 06 and 07 February. (Mr. K. Samuel Moses Srinivas and Mr. Joseph Thiyagarajan were the coordinators)

2014                            Received ASLE, USA, grant of $1000 for creating an interactive video

space in tiNai Ecofilm Festival 2015 website and to publish a book on Ecodocumentaries (http://www.asle.org/stay-informed/asle-grants-awarded/)

2014-2016                   Member of the Technical Advisory Committee of  Science and

Technology Communication Programme, "Jal Sutra: Eco & WaSH Futures" of National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) of Department of Science and Technology under Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi (2014 - 2016)

2014                            Founder and Founder-Director of tiNai Ecofilm Festival (www.teff.in)

2013                            Member of the Organizing Committee of the Photo and Video

competitions held at part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of BITS

Pilani, Pilani Campus

2011-2012                   Convened 24, The Film Club of Central University of Tamil Nadu

2010                            Director, Mudugar-Kurumbar Research Centre, Attappady, funded by

World Oral Literature Project, University of Cambridge, London and Firebird Anthropological Foundation, U. S.A.

2010                            Received British Prime Minister’s International (PMI - II) award to

research at Queen’s University Belfast, UK.

2008 – 2010                Member of the Editorial team of Indian Journal of Ecocriticism - An

annual journal of Organization for Studies in Literature and Environment-India (OSLE-India)

2006 – Present            Secretary, Organization for Studies in Literature and Environment-

India (OSLE-India)

2001 – 2008                Directed music for more than five musical albums in Malayalam

2006 – Present            Co-editor of OSLE-India Newsletter

2005                            Associate Editor of ASLE-India Newsletter

2002                            Served as the associate editor of Our Zone, a students’ periodical of the

Department of English, Madras Christian College, Chennai

2001                            Won the First Prize for wind instrument (western) in the University

Youth Festival (Sopanam) held by the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala

2001                            Visited France for a cultural Transmission Programme for three

months

2001                            Served the President of Student Christian Movement of Mar Thoma

College, Tiruvalla, Kerala

Film Festivals Organized:

TEFF 2019

TEFF 2019 was held on 21-22 March at The Department of English (SFS), Madras Christian College, Chennai.

TEFF 2017

TEFF 2017 was a two-day event held on 24 & 25 March 2017 at Dr. K. N. Modi University, Newai, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

TEFF 2016

TEFF 2016 was a two-day event held on 17, 18 March 2016.

TEFF 2015

The three day ecofilm festival, tiNai ecofilm festival TEFF 2015 was held at BITS, Pilani – K. K. Birla Goa campus on 08, 09, 10 October 2015.

A two-day TEFF was held at Carmel College, Mala, Kerala, on 06 and 07 March, 2015. (http://teff.in/downloadocs/TEFF%20at%20Carmel%20College%2C%20Kerala%20-%20Brochure.pdf)

A two-day TEFF was held at Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Chennai, on 06 and 06 February, 2015. (http://www.rgniyd.gov.in/content/tinai-ecofilm-festival)

TEFF 2014

The two day ecofilm festival, tiNai ecofilm festival (TEFF) 2014 was held at BITS, Pilani – K. K. Birla Goa campus on the 31 January and 1 February, 2014.

Video-documentaries made:

Alex, Rayson K. and S. Rajasekar. Dir. Guru Tapan Kumar Pattnayak on Seraikella Chhau. Chennai: National Folklore Support Centre, 2009.

--- and S. Rajasekar. Dir. Nila Paranjathu (What the Nila Said). Chennai: National Folklore Support Centre, 2009.

--- and S. Rajasekar. Dir. Jenukurubar. Chennai: National Folklore Support Centre, 2009.

---. Dir. Learning from Jenukurubar. Chennai: National Folklore Support Centre, 2009.

--- and S. Rajasekar. Dir. Seraikella Chhau. Chennai: National Folklore Support Centre, 2009.

--- and S. Rajasekar. Dir. Narikuravar. Chennai: National Folklore Support Centre, 2009.

--- and Abraham N. James. Dir. Kalamezhuthupaattu. Chennai: National Folklore Support Centre, 2009.

--- and Abraham N. James. Dir. Chaakkadupaattu. Chennai: National Folklore Support Centre, 2009.

--- and Abraham N. James. Dir. Panthirukulathinte Thozhil. Chennai: National Folklore Support Centre, 2009.

--- and S. Susan Deborah. Dir. Pandiammal Illam. Chennai: Ecomedia Team of OSLE-India, 2010.

---. Rayson K. Principal Researcher. Bele: The Occupation of Mudugar. Attappady: Mudugar-Kurumbar Research Centre, 2010.

---. Principal Researcher. Thenevara: The Dress Patterns of Mudugar. Attappady: Mudugar-Kurumbar Research Centre, 2010.

---. Principal Researcher. Vaaphe Bilayaadaa: Children's Play of Mudugar. Attappady: Mudugar-Kurumbar Research Centre, 2010.

---. Principal Researcher. Ethics of Documentation. Attappady: Mudugar-Kurumbar Research Centre, 2010.

---. Principal Researcher. Creative Expressions of Nisha. Attappady: Mudugar-Kurumbar Research Centre, 2010.

---. Principal Researcher. (Directed by Mr. Sachindev P.S.) Rainlore of Mudugar. Attappady: Mudugar-Kurumbar Research Centre, 2011.

---. Dir. Thorny Land: Invasion of Cheemaikaruvel. Chennai: OSLE-India, 2014.

Other Academic/Extra Curricular Contributions:

*Hosted and mentored Ms. Heidi Danzl, as part of her Fulbright Fellowship in India

* Contributed to MINOR IN ENGLISH by helping in preparing the pool of courses

*Proposed a Minor in Media and Journalism

*Prepared content for the following New Pre-Ph.D. Courses (Advanced): Philosophy of

 Aesthetics/Twentieth Century English Literature /A Survey of Ecocriticism: Theories and Praxis/Media Studies/Film and Media/Animal Studies/Visual Aesthetics/Recent Trends in Chinese Ecocriticism/Everyday Philosophy/Critical Approaches to Deep Ecology/Media, Sports and Ecology

*Preparation for Masters in Liberal Studies

*Preparation for M. Phil in Liberal Studies

*Department Coordinator of the Study Oriented Course (1 Time)

*Hosted and mentored Prof. Mart Stewart from Washington State University, who visited our Institute (Fulbright scholarship). I co-taught the course, Ecocriticism (HSSF349) along with him.

*“Towards Green Education”, (part of the volume titled Essays in Ecocriticism) an essay written by me is introduced in the Undergraduate course on Ecopoetics at Women’s Christian College, Chennai

*The Story of Mudugar (a documentary on a tribal community made by me) is included in the Ecocriticism syllabus at Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur

*Culture and Media: Ecocritical Explorations taught as part of Green Studies course in Madras Christian College, Chennai

*Prepared the syllabus titled “Green Studies” for the newly introduced PG Programme in English at the Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Goa

*Faculty-in-charge from BITS Goa campus for the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of BITS Pilani held at 2013-2014-University-Level Competitions were held on Photography, Shortfilm and Poster Design

*Admissions duty for 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. In 2012-2013 I did verification of certificates and in 2013-14 and 14-15 briefing the admissions procedure to all the newly admitted candidates

*Organized We Care Festival 2014 at Goa Campus

*Coordinated the Drama Club of BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

*Organized an Ecosymposium in collaboration with Environmental Protection and Activity Club (EPAC). The activities involved in the symposium were Tree Plantation Campus Cleaning, Junk art and painting competitions in addition to screening Ecodocumentaries following discussions. 50 school children participated in the symposium along with students from BITS Pilani from Goa Campus. There were 80 participants

*Member of the Faculty Selection Committee (Department Level) for the following years: 2012, 2013, 2013, 2014, 2015

*Member of the DAC committee of the department; Convenor of Department DCA (present)

*2017 (June to July) Awarded University Immersion Grant to visit University of Los Angeles, California, from Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani. Under the guidance of Prof. Ursula K. Heise, a project entitled “Ecolocalism in the Cultural Imaginations of Natural Entities: An Indian Indigenous Approach” was conceptualized during the visit.

* 2017 (January to May) Hosting a senior Fulbright Scholar from Western Washington University, USA. Prof. Mart Stewart.

* 2016-2018 Regularly organizing tiNai Ecofilm Festival (www.teff.in)

* 2017: Identifying my skills in video making the director has entrusted a project of creating short videos of all faculty researchers at BITS. Three are in the making and one is already published: https://www.facebook.com/bitsgoaofficial/videos/185292332050164/?t=0

* Invited to conduct a workshop on Theory and Application of Ecocriticism at Carmel College, Mala, Thrissur, Kerala on 7th March 2015. 30 participants attended the workshop.

* Resource Person for a workshop on Practical Ecocriticism at Dr. K.N. Modi University, Rajasthan.

Chairman/member of technical/advisory committee:

* Nomination Jury Member of CMS Vatavaran 2015, New Delhi. CMS Vatavaran is the premier International Environment and Wildlife Film Festival in India.

* Member of the Technical Advisory Committee of  Science and Technology Communication Programme, "Jal Sutra: Eco & WaSH Futures" of National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) of Department of Science and Technology under Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi (2014 - 2016)

* Founder and Founder-Director of tiNai Ecofilm Festival (www.teff.in)

Professional society chapter related:

tiNai (an organization for Promoting Ecocriticism in India was established in 2005. I was the founding General Secretary from 2005 to present. This organization is an affiliate of ASLE (association for the Study of Literature and Environment-USA). This huge organization has affiliates in all countries: ASLE Japan, ASLE China, ASLE England, ASLE New Zealand, ASLE Korea, ASLE Italy and so on.

Industry Engagement:

First PS done by me (Dates: 21/05/2019-13/07-2019)

Stations:

Centre For Development Of Imaging Technology, Trivandrum

UST Global,Trivandrum

ISRO Inertial Systems Unit, Trivandrum

Law Pundits LLP, Trivandrum

Second PS done by me (Dates: 23/05/2016-16/07/2016)

Stations:

Helpage India,Cochin, City

The Fertilizers And Chemicals Travancore Ltd., Aluva

Institutional Contribution:

BITSAT Duty

Station: Trivandrum

Dates: 19-27/05/2014